Card case



Patented Sept. 13, 1932 UNITED 'STATES WILL J. EKER, J'iR., 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI CARD cAsE y. Application filed October 31,; 1980. .Serial'iNm 492,430.'A

The object of invention is to Inake a card case comprising a folder and a holder.

The latter beingdetachably secured in the former. A further object is' to make a holder "5; into which successive sheets of tissue paper Y "may be detachably secured. A further object ,is to make the'holder of ,such size and conformation as to permit the selective detach- V f able securing of cards to the holder by the use A further object is to devise a holder to which cards will be detachablysecured by meansoftissue paper and in which the tissue lpapercwill be slightly larger than the cards v and extend over the lateral edges for the purpose of preserving the cards'against soiling. r A'still further object is to make a holder for securing cards so that a sheet of tissue paper will be positioned between each card and so that each card may be successively, re- 4movedby removing the sheet of tissue paper "immediately above it; Among the further Obiects of my invention are to-devise a card holder, which may be selectively attached in a folder, so that only thecards will be visible and the means lof attaching the holder to the folder .willnot be visible. The holder and folder may be made of few and simpleparts that lend themselves readily to multiple production and may be cheaply and easily manufactured, assembled and repaired.

Y`With these and other objects in View my inventionhas relation to certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the drawing in which Fig. lis an inverted plan view of the card holder showing the meansof attaching the sheets of tissue paper, which holdA the cards in position. f Fig. .2 is` a cross sectional view on line 2--2 of Fig. 1. Y

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the folder showing the holder attaching means with the cover of the Ifolder shown fragmentally. Y Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevation of the holder and folder, taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. y

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the sheets of specially designed sheets of tissue paper.V

vof tissue paper used in my device, together* wit-h one of .the cards showing the relative position ofthe latter and the former when vthe former is lholding the latter in position 011l er 7 is of the book `type having the two-'out-flo side covers 8aN and 9, which arehingedly'secured at 10,so thattheoutside covers 8a andv 9, when the folder is its closed position, are in suiiicient spaced relationship to accommodate the holder k8*, together with the cardsf-ov Y that may be securedto it. Numeral 11 designates one of the cards that is to bey secured detachably in the holder 8. Numeral 12 designatesone 'of the sheets ofy t-issuepaperb Y that is used to secure each card to the holder 170 8 and to cover each card. The sheet of tissue 12 is made slightly wider thanthe card 11, when the card `11 is positioned on the Atissue 12, las shown in Fig. 5. 1nV one of the lateral A edges of the sheet of'tissue 12 are cut the in- 175 dentations 13. These indentations are used in the manufacture of the Vsheets of tissue 12 and have no function in use. On one end,` of the sheet of tissue 12 is formed the rectangular projectionlll. On the opposite end of the Sgo tissue 12 areformed two rectangular projections 15.

Y Theholder 8 is a rectangularV plate made of metal or other suitable material from which are stamped the prongs 16 near onek end and `V[-35 the prongs 17 near'the other end, asbest lshown in Fig. 1. Numeral 18 designates, two slots, which are stamped inthe holder 8, as shownV in 1. The prongs 16 and 17 and the slots 18 all project from the Vsame side of 490 the holder 8. lInV yassembling the cards on the holder the following method is employed r.

A card'is laid on the holder 8 on the side opposite to the prongs 16 and 17 and the slots 18. The holder 8 is lof substantially the same "Q5 size, but a little larger in width than the cardy 11. All the cards used areof thesame size. All the sheets oftissuepaper 12'are of the same size. i After the yfirst card has been 3 n positioned, as indicated, aV sheet of tissue paper 12 is laid over the card. Since the tissue paper is slightly greater in width than the width of the card, if the card is positioned centrally on the holder 8, the edges of the 5 tissue paper will project slightly beyond the edge of the card. The sheet'of tissue paper 12 isso positioned that the rectangular projection 14 extends laterally relative the holder 8 on the same side as the prongs 17. The lo rectangular projection 14 is then folded around the edge'and the end of the holder 8 and passed beneath the prongs 17. The projections 15 are likewise folded around the opposite end of the holder 8 and pass under the 15 prongs 16, as shown in Fig. 1. A second card is then laid kon the rst rsheet of tissue paper Vcentrally relative the holder. A second sheet of tissue paper 12 is then positioned over the second card and the projections 14 and 15 I folded in the prongs 16 and 17 as was the first sheet. The process is thus continued alternating cards and.V sheets of tissue paper until the desired number of cards has been positioned on the holder. The .25 process is completed by having a sheetJ of tissue paper cover the uppermost card. Itl will .be seen that as more cards are placed on the holder that in folding over the projections 14 and `15 that they must not only `3() be folded over the edge of the holder, but valso over the edges of the preceding vcards and .sheets of tissue. This in turn means that the part of the projections 14 and 15 that extends under the prongs 16 and 17 will be lessfor each succeeding sheet of tissue paper.

By this means a portion of the .end of the projections 14 `and 15 of each sheet of tissue paper will be exposed as shown in Fig. 1 The prongs 16 and 17 are then pressed dowii tightly against the projections 14 and 15 of the sheet of tissue 12, thereby securing the sheet of tissue to the holder and therebyholding the cards to the holder 8, and also in the Vsame relative position in which they were placed when placing them in the holder. This vmeans of holding the sheets of tissue paper may not be, and is often not, sufficient. n VVorder to additionally secure the projections 14 and 15 of the sheets of tissue 12 to the holder 8, the following method is used. yNumeral 19 designates a rectangular sheet of leather or imitation leather or other suitable material of the same size as the holder 8. In the sheet 19 are cut holes `suflicient to permit the protrusion of the slots 18, when it placed on the holder 8. The sheet 19 is then glued to both the holder 8 and the protruding projections of each sheet of tissue. That is to say, it is glued to the holder 8 proper and 60 covers the prongs 416 and 17 to which it is glued, and is also in lone operation glued to Ythe exposed ends of each sheet of tissue paper. By this means the tissue'paper is secured to the rectangular sheet 19 and rectangular sheet 55 19 is secured to the holder.

In order to detachably secure the holder 8 to the folder 7, the following means is devised:

Numeral 20 designates a rectangular plate, made of metal or other suitable material into which are stamped the slots 21. Numeral 22 designates slides in sliding engagement in the slots 21. The ends of the edges of the plate 2O are slightly rounded or bent and the plate 2O is secured to the folder 7 in the position .best shown in Fig. 3 by means of stamped projections 23 which pass through the'one outside cover of the folder 7 and are bent over at/the other end. Owing to the rounded edgesof the plate 20, the face of the'plate 20 is in spaced relationship with the face of the cover of the holder 8. The distance between the face of the plate 2O and the holder 7 is very slight, for instance one thirty-second of an inch.

Numeral 24 designates rectangular vopenings in the plate 2O positioned in theline of travel of the slides 22, as best shown in Fig. 8, The rectangular openings 24 are of such size as to permit the insertion therein of the slotsk 18. In order, therefore, to secure the holder 8 tothe folder r7, it is only necessary to position the slots 18 in the rectangular openings 24 and push the slides'22 through the slots 18. vln Fig. 3,- one of the slides 22 is shown in the locked position andthe other 'is shown in the unlocked position.

Throughout the specification Vand claims wherever tissue paperv is employed, applicant-wishes it understood that any transparent or translucent material, such as Celluloid, cellophane, etc. may be used as an equivalent. What I claim is: y

1. A card holder, prongs formed therein,

sheets of tissue paperl for securing cards Vto r said holder, projections formed on saidsheets of tissue paper, said projections folded around the ends ,of said holderand secured said prongs.

2. A card holder, prongs formed therein,

sheets of ltissue paper for securing cards toV said holder, projection-s formed on said sheets of tissue paper, said projections folded around the ends of said holder and secured in said prongs, a sheet of material secured f and over said projec- `paper-,said sheets of tissue paperbeing of substantially the same size and being folded over the edges of saidholder, so that a portion of each succeeding, sheet of tissue paper will be exposed, a portion of the sheet of tissue paper in contact with said holder glued to said holder, and a portion of each succeedino ing sheet glued to the exposedV edges of the adjacent sheets. Y Y

5. A card folder having slides secured thereto, a card holder having slots secured therein, the slides of said folder being in sliding engagement in the slots of said holder, cards, sheets of tissue paper, said cards being secured to said holder by means of said sheets of tissue paper.

In testimony whereof I affix m signature.

WILL J. EC R, J R. 

